Search results for "Anticoagulation"
Coding for anticoagulation as tricky as managing it
There are essentially three parts to coding: diagnosis, lab tests and anticoagulation management. ... term (current) use of anticoagulants, as the primary reason for ordering a prothrombin time test.
May 2010
Changing the business of anticoagulation
Changing the business of anticoagulation. The emergence of a new generation of anticoagulants, including the direct thrombin inhibitor, dabigatran and the factor Xa inhibitor, rivaroxaban, has the potential to significantly change ... Will the need for
December 2019
To test or not to test for inherited thrombophilias | Internal Medicine Meeting 2019 News | ACP Internist
Persistent major provoking factors include malignancy, high-risk thrombophilia like antithrombin deficiency, and a history of DVT. ... At the initial diagnosis of VTE, everyone should get anticoagulation unless there is a strong contraindication, she said
April 2019
Dang. Just have to rant about some really expensive drugs: Lucemyra, Trelegy Ellipta, Andexxa
3. Andexxa (andexanet alpha) will rapidly reverse certain anticoagulants. A few years ago the most commonly used anticoagulant, warfarin (coumadin), got some competition. ... Andexxa was specifically developed to reverse two of these newer anticoagulants,
December 2019
Cheney's got heart
So what are the downsides? Patients with LVADs require anticoagulation.
December 2019
News from Digestive Disease Week: PPIs and CAT
New data released here today shows that veterans aged 60-99 who were prescribed aspirin-antiplatelet therapy or aspirin-anticoagulant therapy were two to two-and-a-half times more likely ... These patients were likely to be on
December 2019
Evidence based medicine--but which evidence?
The standard treatment for pulmonary emboli, and the one recommended by UpToDate is to start an injectable anticoagulant, along with an oral one, warfarin, that doesn't kick in for a ... This last spring, the New England Journal of Medicine published an
December 2019
Oral or intravenous antibiotics for bone and heart valve infections?
She develops a blood clot in her central catheter, requiring a course of anticoagulant.
December 2019
The changing nature of truth, and warfarin for afib
I would really like to see these new anticoagulants replace most of the injectable anticoagulants such as enoxaparin and dalteparin since this will profoundly change the way we treat patients with
December 2019
New drugs could improve anticoagulation rates
Even so, Dr. Ansell remains bullish as he discusses the next generation of anticoagulant therapy. ... Self-monitoring of oral anticoagulation: systematic review and meta-analysis of individual patient data.
April 2012